2018-05-24T16:29:38.000000000+00:00
A Kansas water park where a boy was killed on a waterslide says it won't open this season until it resolves issues raised by a state audit but that it thinks the audit was "malicious."

2018-05-24T15:45:28.000000000+00:00
Attorneys for the Trump administration were due in a Montana courtroom Thursday to defend the disputed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline against environmental groups that want to derail the project.

2018-05-24T15:20:50.000000000+00:00
Lawmakers scrutinizing Britain's exit from the European Union say progress in trade talks with the bloc is "highly unsatisfactory," and that the country may have to stay in the tariff-free EU customs union for years after Brexit.

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The Wall Street Journal

2018-05-24T13:18:58.000000000-04:00
The U.S. push to impose tariffs on auto imports has put allies in the crosshairs of a global trade row that is riling stock markets and creating uncertainty among auto makers, investors and governments.

2018-05-24T12:12:52.000000000-04:00
Senior Justice Department and FBI officials are set to brief lawmakers about a confidential informant used in the early stages of an investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, accommodating Democrats who had complained that the briefing would be a GOP-only affair.

2018-05-24T10:31:39.000000000-04:00
As many as one in four students at some elite U.S. colleges are classified as disabled, largely because of mental-health issues, entitling them to a widening array of special accommodations like longer time to take exams.

2018-05-24T03:47:56.000000000-04:00
The number of pending immigration cases has increased by 25% since the president took office, pushing the court backlog to nearly 700,000. There is wide support for hiring more judges.

2018-05-23T22:53:13.000000000-04:00
The NFL made sweeping changes to its national anthem policy in a bid to quell a controversy that has rattled the league for two years and drawn the ire of President Trump.

2018-05-23T11:25:59.000000000-04:00
The Education Department opened investigations into whether scholarships and professional networking groups intended to support women at Yale and the University of Southern California violate federal law.

2018-05-20T11:51:33.000000000-04:00
Welcome to the world of dropshipping, where entrepreneurs use social-media ads and hip virtual storefronts to flip merchandise from online marketplaces like Alibaba’s AliExpress to customers often paying premium prices.

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Reuters - Global Markets

2018-05-24T13:42:33.000000000-04:00
(Reuters) - A U.S. threat that it may introduce tariffs on foreign auto imports drew strong criticism on Thursday from the country's main business lobbying group, which warned a "staggering" blow to the industry and the prospect of a global trade war.

2018-05-24T13:39:43.000000000-04:00
(Reuters) - Shares of General Motors and Ford inched only marginally higher before the bell on Thursday after the Trump administration launched a national security probe into car imports which could lead to new tariffs on foreign competitors while also stirring trade tensions.

2018-05-24T13:26:20.000000000-04:00
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Shares of Blue Apron climbed on Thursday after Kroger said it was buying Home Chef to broaden its menu in the home meal kit market while stock of Calavo Growers, whose unit partnered with Kroger on another meal kit service, slumped.

2018-05-24T13:06:07.000000000-04:00
ST PETERSBURG, Russia/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian aluminium producer Rusal has asked the Russian government to purchase some of its output, a government source said on Thursday, in an effort to alleviate the pain inflicted by U.S. sanctions.

2018-05-24T12:37:40.000000000-04:00
(Reuters) - A Trump administration investigation of car and truck imports raised the threat on Thursday of renewed conflict over trade policy for an industry that thrives on stability and sent stocks in Asian and European automakers down.

2018-05-24T12:31:08.000000000-04:00
(Reuters) - The United Auto Workers International Union (UAW) has filed a complaint accusing Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk of illegally threatening to take away benefits from workers who join the union.

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Reuters - Money

2018-05-24T12:45:35.000000000-04:00
CHICAGO (Reuters) - In September, the federal government will mail a handbook on Medicare enrollment to 43 million households. "Medicare &amp; You" is an important, authoritative source on a wide array...

2018-05-23T17:33:38.000000000-04:00
BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jana Partners said on Wednesday it was not invested in Casey's General Stores Inc after speculation that the hedge fund had built a stake in the company helped push its...

2018-05-23T15:23:10.000000000-04:00
OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's $1 trillion wealth fund voted against a motion at Shell's annual meeting urging the energy giant to set climate targets, despite a push the fund is making for more firms to...

2018-05-23T14:36:33.000000000-04:00
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank plans to cut 10,000 jobs, or about a tenth of its global workforce, as part of efforts to reduce costs, a person with knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday.

2018-05-23T10:09:59.000000000-04:00
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank is planning to cut 10,000 jobs, or about a tenth of its global workforce, as part of efforts to reduce costs, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

2018-05-23T09:54:20.000000000-04:00
The nation’s fertility rate hit a record low in 2017, and one has to wonder: Could the cost of raising children be discouraging a generation that was choked by the Great Recession?

2018-05-23T09:13:31.000000000-04:00
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank is planning to cut 10,000 jobs, or about a tenth of its global workforce, as part of efforts to reduce costs, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

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The Economist

2018-05-24T14:49:28.000000000+00:00
HOW much should company bosses be paid relative to their employees? It depends who you ask. Plato argued that the richest members of society should earn no more than four times the pay of the poorest. John Pierpont Morgan, a banker from America’s gilded age, reckoned that bosses should earn at mo...

2018-05-24T14:49:28.000000000+00:00
A RECENT tweet from Elon Musk, the boss of Tesla, an electric-car firm, shows footage of a Model X undergoing rollover testing. The SUV is propelled rapidly sideways on a trolley before encountering a sand trap that stops it suddenly, tipping the car. The Tesla teeters between ending up on its ro...

2018-05-24T14:49:28.000000000+00:00
No ordinary fashion statement
WALK down the streets of Pyongyang, North Korea’s capital, and at first sight the passers-by look rather uniform. The women are in tidy skirt suits and medium-high heels. The men sport variations on the theme of the jacket and wide trousers preferred by Kim Jong Un,...

2018-05-24T14:49:28.000000000+00:00
“PLEASE don’t leave us.” From the dozens of e-mails in people’s inboxes, begging them to give their consent to be sent further messages, you could deduce that the senders of newsletters and the like are hardest hit by the European Union’s tough new privacy law, the General Data Protection Regulat...

2018-05-24T14:49:22.000000000+00:00
ONE of the more extreme recent cases of corporate bribery is that of LafargeHolcim, a giant Swiss-French cement-maker which was accused in 2016 of funnelling money to armed groups controlling roads and checkpoints around a factory in Syria. The firm still cannot be sure who pocketed its payoffs, ...

2018-05-24T14:49:22.000000000+00:00
WORK is like a capricious lover whose incessant demands are resented but who is missed terribly when they are not there. The relationship is long-term; an average person spends more than half their life at work. Work defines people’s social status, sets income levels and generates a circle of fri...

2018-05-23T15:54:02.000000000+00:00
FEW firms have more power to heat up the cauldron of global geopolitics than Gazprom, the state-backed Russian energy producer. It supplies more than a third of the natural gas that Europeans use for power generation, heating and cooking, creating what many—especially Americans—see as an unhealth...

2018-05-17T14:51:29.000000000+00:00
MOBSTERS, gangsters and bent cops have all been tried under America’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organisations (RICO) Act. Might consultants be next? McKinsey, a management consultancy, is being sued under the law by Jay Alix, the founder of AlixPartners, a competitor in the field of bankru...

2018-05-17T14:51:29.000000000+00:00
Intrepid data gatherers
UBER’s fleet of autonomous vehicles has been parked up since one of its self-driving cars struck and killed a woman in Tempe, Arizona in March. That death highlighted once again the industry’s rush to develop self-driving cars. Waymo, a sister company of Google, plans to ...

2018-05-17T14:51:28.000000000+00:00
IN A recent video Jeremy Sciarappa, a YouTuber, flips the lid off a red box in his living room to reveal a silver machine the size of a shoebox, whining noisily. The contraption is an Antminer S9, sold by Bitmain, a Chinese firm. Its job is to help validate transactions conducted in bitcoin, the ...

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Business Insider

2018-05-24T13:55:00.000000000-04:00
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro secured another term last weekend in what was widely seen as a fraudulent election.
One research firm thinks Maduro could be overthrown by the military before the end of 2018.
But some think the military lacks the leverage, credibility and motivation.
Hours...

2018-05-24T13:38:00.000000000-04:00
Tesla's Elon Musk and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg each aim to create the world's first brain-computer interface — devices that put the functionality of a laptop in your head.
But those devices would require invasive brain surgery and are unlikely to become available in the immediate future.
In the...

2018-05-24T13:34:00.000000000-04:00
WalletHub analyzed financial disclosures for 100 of the largest hedge funds.
The firm put together a list of their favorite stocks, including which moved up or down from previous quarters.
Each quarter, hedge funds must disclose their holdings of publicly traded companies.
WalletHub, a personal...

2018-05-24T13:34:00.000000000-04:00
WalletHub analyzed financial disclosures for 100 of the largest hedge funds.
The firm put together a list of their favorite stocks, including which moved up or down from previous quarters.
Each quarter, hedge funds must disclose their holdings of publicly traded companies.
WalletHub, a personal...

2018-05-24T13:30:00.000000000-04:00
Reebok recently moved into a brand-new headquarters in Boston, where it is plotting a return to glory.
The brand is a subsidary of Adidas, but it hasn't yet seen the strong growth its parent company has.
Reebok has a plan to aggressively go after women consumers, a demographic that its competitor...

2018-05-24T13:20:04.000000000-04:00
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been on an extended Twitter rant against critics of the company.
His most recent target is the media, which he says has lost public trust and should be tracked for truthfulness.
Musk is doing all this to distract from the alarming reality of Tesla's struggling business.
...

2018-05-24T13:14:00.000000000-04:00
Apple could reach a $1 trillion market cap in the next year, Morgan Stanley said Thursday.
The bank upped its price target to $214 for the stock, citing Apple's hugely successful Services business.
Follow Apple's stock price in real-time here.
Morgan Stanley has once again raised its price tar...

2018-05-24T13:14:00.000000000-04:00
Apple could reach a $1 trillion market cap in the next year, Morgan Stanley said Thursday.
The bank upped its price target to $214 for the stock, citing Apple's hugely successful Services business.
Follow Apple's stock price in real-time here.
Morgan Stanley has once again raised its price tar...

2018-05-24T13:03:00.000000000-04:00
Wednesday was the 16th anniversary of Netflix's initial public offering.
A $1,000 investment made at the stock's first-day closing price would be worth nearly $300,000 today.
Watch Netflix trade in real time here.
Wednesday was the 16th anniversary of Netflix's initial public offering, and an i...

2018-05-24T12:56:00.000000000-04:00
President Donald Trump is considering a 25% tariff on imported autos.
This could be a tailwind for General Motors, because GM produces most of its vehicles in the US.
But there's one caveat.
Watch GM trade in real time here.
Beneath all of the rubble and noise about the US's trade negotiatio...

2018-05-24T10:58:46.000000000-04:00
Long-term U.S. mortgage rates rose this week, continuing at their highest levels in seven years. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac says the average rate on 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages was 4.66 percent, up from 4.61 percent last week.

2018-05-24T01:42:46.000000000-04:00
A Korean Air heiress whose tantrum over nuts delayed a flight four years ago is being investigated by South Korean immigration officials over suspicions of unlawfully hiring housekeepers from the Philippines

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MarketWatch

2018-05-24T17:32:35.000000000+00:00
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2018-05-24T16:17:08.000000000+00:00
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2018-05-24T16:00:01.000000000+00:00
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2018-05-24T15:57:40.000000000+00:00
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2018-05-24T14:33:10.000000000+00:00
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2018-05-24T14:33:10.000000000+00:00
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2018-05-24T14:03:34.000000000+00:00
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2018-05-24T13:16:15.000000000-04:00
The Department of Justice and the nation's commodities regulator reportedly are investigating whether traders are manipulating the price of Bitcoin and other digital currencies. DOJ spokespersons did not immediately respond to a request for comment.